Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 581-588 , May 1997

Use of goal attainment scaling in measuring clinically important change in cognitive rehabilitation patients

  • Kenneth Rockwood

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kenneth Rockwood, Centre for Health Care for the Elderly, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, 5955 Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 2E1.
    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • ,
  • Brenda Joyce

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • ,
  • Paul Stolee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Southwestern Ontario Regional Geriatric Program, London, Ontario, Canada

,Accepted 30 January 1997.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 581-588 , May 1997